Tag: Luis Arce

• Saturday, September 14th 2024 - 09:28 UTC

  Bolivian President to oversee firefighting efforts in Beni

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora will personally oversee firefighting and relief efforts in the department of Beni, where eight of the 19 municipalities are affected by the dense smoke caused by the environmental crisis. Arce will arrive Saturday in the city of Trinidad, the capital of the department where the presence of a Venezuelan team of 61 firefighters and other types of humanitarian aid are also expected.

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• Thursday, July 18th 2024 - 10:53 UTC

  Bolivia claims to have discovered a massive natural gas field

  

  Bolivia’s President Luis Alberto Arce announced on X a massive discovery of a natural gas field, “the largest find in the country since 2005”. Bolivia’s state-owned hydrocarbons company YPFB described it as the biggest gas find in nearly two decades and could become the country’s third-largest producing field. 

• Wednesday, July 10th 2024 - 08:54 UTC

  Meeting between Lula and Arce signals new era of bilateral ties

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told his Bolivian counterpart Luis Arce Catacora during their encounter in Santa Cruz de la Sierra that “there is no individual way out in South America,” Agencia Brasil reported. Both leaders agreed that the bilateral meeting spelled the beginning of a “new era” in bilateral ties now that Bolivia is a full member of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). It was Lula's first trip to Bolivia during his third term in office while Arce has been to Brazil four times in the past 12 months.

• Tuesday, July 9th 2024 - 10:16 UTC

  Lula lands in Bolivia with busy schedule ahead

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva landed in Santa Cruz de la Sierra on Monday evening straight from the 64th Mercosur Summit in Asunción with an entourage of some 100 businessmen from his country to explore opportunities in the new full regional bloc member.

• Wednesday, July 3rd 2024 - 10:20 UTC

  Bolivia recalls ambassador from Buenos Aires

  

  The Bolivian Government Tuesday summoned its ambassador from Buenos Aires for consultations following Casa Rosada's allegations that the June 26 attempted coup d'état in La Paz was staged by President Luis Arce Catacora to improve his dwindling public image.

• Monday, July 1st 2024 - 10:30 UTC

  Bolivian President denies self-coup allegations

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora asked former head of state Evo Morales Ayma not to be gullible enough to believe the self-coup narrative allegedly promoted by fascist rightwing groups and insisted that what happened on June 26 was a failed attempt to overthrow him by force.

• Wednesday, June 26th 2024 - 21:47 UTC

  Attempted coup d'état in Bolivia: Military rebels enter Government Headquarters

  

  In a dramatic escalation of political tension in Bolivia, a faction of the military led by ousted Army Chief Juan José Zúñiga has forcefully entered the Palacio Quemado, the seat of government in La Paz. President Luis Arce has called on citizens to “mobilize against the coup d'état,” emphasizing the importance of defending democracy

• Wednesday, June 12th 2024 - 14:21 UTC

  Bolivian President outlines scope of partnership with Russia

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora reviewed with his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin the joint lithium and nuclear projects with which the South American country consolidates its position from a geopolitical and strategic viewpoint given the presence of Iranian facilities and equipment. Arce told reporters in La Paz Tuesday that all these matters were discussed during his recent meeting with the Russian leader in St. Petersburg on the occasion of the International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in the former imperial capital.

• Saturday, March 2nd 2024 - 10:40 UTC

  Strengthening Celac key to avoid return to colonial order, Bolivian president says

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora said Friday in Kingstown (St. Vincent and the Grenadines), said that strengthening the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) and every regional integration space was the only alternative to war to fend off any foreign interference seeking the return to the “already outlawed” colonial order. He made those remarks during his speech at the 8th Celac Summit.

• Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Populist Bolivia running out of natural gas reserves; northern Argentina supply also threatened

  

  Bolivian president Luis Arce, announced on September 1st. that the country’s natural gas reserves have been depleted, and exports to Argentina and Brazil will be interrupted, leaving a massive hole in the economy of the country.